His hundreds of patents in the United States and Great Britain included a mousetrap, an automatic sprinkling system, an automatic steam-powered water pump, vacuum pumps, engine governors, and gas motors.

You have him pegged out in the correct hole in history FredG. Thank you for taking part in Questions.Well there we have it guys,another Dreamer identified, in this open ended topic that can send one down the pathways of real endeavour and this last one had a real conection with many who in the hobby paint toy soldiers which is another venture undertaken that draws us into the realms of events,people and places in history that helped shape the world we have to constantly live in today. We are lucky enough to be able to educate ourselves into the period of our choice and share our bright hobby with others. BB